“In this age of information, math errors can lead to disaster. NASA’s Mars Orbiter crashed because engineers forgot to convert to metric measurements; JPMorgan Chase’s “London Whale” venture went bad in part because modelers divided by a sum instead of an average.

So, did an Excel coding error destroy the economies of the Western world?” [italics — and glee — added]

Edgar – I love your metaphor. Let’s analyze: we are always just a little bit off-course…we are shuttling to nowhere…we will never get where we think we want to go…space the final frontier…our mission to go where no man has gone before…to seek out new…oh well, getting carried away now. Thanks for commenting!